Pubdate: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 Source: Windsor Star (CN ON) Copyright: 2011 The Windsor Star Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/PTv2GKdw Website: http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/501 Author: Stan White Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n615/a10.html CANNABIS NAYSAYERS A DANGER TO SOCIETY Re: Prison no place for marijuana users, by Ken Zulian, Oct. 6. Ken Zulian is correct. Citizens who use or grow cannabis (marijuana) should not be caged. However, his list of those who endanger the lives of other people is incomplete. Those who perpetuate the discredited prohibition, persecution and extermination of the God-given plant cannabis clearly have endangered the lives of other people, including our children. The U.S. has proven mandatory minimum sentences for growing more than six plants. This will only exacerbate violence and deplete scarce resources. Cannabis prohibitionists are directly and indirectly responsible for 40,000 murders in Mexico, violence throughout Canada and the U.S., and cannot even pretend to stop citizens from using cannabis. Cannabis prohibitionists are unquestionably a danger to society. The question is, what should society do with them? STAN WHITE Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.